Maedgen/Gillet: Clint Maedgen, guitar, voice, electronics, toys, flute etc.. and myself on cello, loop pedal, vocals, electronics etc..
Mardi Gras Indian Orchestra: w/ Papa Mali and a slew of New Orleans musicians
Has had the pleasure of working with:
Sam Gillet, Aurora Nealand, Martin Krusche, Alex MacMurray, Smokey Robinson, Hamid Drake, Dan Ostreicher, Ige*Timer, Brian Coogen, Travis Blotsky, Jesse Morrow, Anthony Cuccia, Simon Lott ii, Will Thompson, Tony Barba, Rob Wagner, Simon Nabatov, Johnny Vidacovich, Lynn Drury, Frank Rosaly, Bill Hunsinger, Justin Peake, Michael Wagner, Jimbo and Jana Walsh, David Polk, Robin Boudreaux, Rob Cambre, Endre Landses, Mike Dillon, Bruiser, The New Orleans Bingo Show, Jeff Albert, Dave Capello, Frank Gratkowsky, Wilbert de Joode, Rob Masurek, Hamid Drake, Matthew Golimbisky, Rex Gregory, Caroline Davis, Katie Wiegman, Mike Gamble, Mark Diflorio, Brian Prunka, Fred Lomberg-Holmes, One Man Machine, Sasha Masekowski, Cindy Scott, Lucas Davenport, Dan Godston, Quin Kirchner, David Miller, Jello Slave, Mark Southerland...
http://openearsmusic.org/?cat=15 for some archived performances. This wonderful Tuesday night series takes place in New Orleans upstairs at the Blue Nile at 9pm.
"Male Aggressor" at www.anthonybarba.com/audio/ANTHONY_BARBA-Male_Agressor.mp3
My Grandmother Helen, Lotte Reineger, Bjork, Tom Cora, Ima Sumac, Ernst Reijseger, Sun Ra, Prince, Zoe Keating, Vincent Courtois, La Tordue, La Rue Ketanou, Prince, Olodum, Wilbert deJoode, Oscar Pediford, Georgia O'Keefe, Georges Brassens, Patachou, Jacques Brel, Iva Buttova, Julos Beaucarne, Miles Davis, Cibo Mato, Hot 8 Brass Band, M.I.A., Dan Polnau, Soul Rebels Brass Band, Cibo Mato, Ms. Ilano, Wild Magnolias, Buddy Bolden, Sophie Calle, Nancy Lesh, Pauline Oliveras, Abdul Wadud, Diamanda Galas, Arvo Part, Tribe 8, Rasputina, Lynn Harrell, ICP Orchestra, the Dillard University Choir, white bearded glass-player in Jackson Square...
Cello
Wazozo
Leroy Jones
Rob Cambre
Impenus Trio w/ Tony Barba, Simon Lott ii
"I Only Eat Cloned Meat" w/ Aurora Nealand
James Singleton String Quartet
Krusche-Gillet-Lott Trio
One Man Machine
Clint Maedgen Trio - w/ Daron Douglas, violin
VocaCello - w/ Sasha Masekowsi and Cindy Scott
Lucas Davenport
Improvisational Arts Council
the Schatzy Band
Naked Orchestra
Happy Talk Band
Scatter Jazz Events (Andy Durta)
Coogan-Peake-Gillet Trio
New Orleans New Music Ensemble
Diesel Combustion Orchestra
Open Ears Series (Jeff Albert)
Tomorrow Music Orchestra
New Orleans based cellist Helen Gillet (b.1978) grew up in Belgium , Chicago and Singapore beginning her cello studies in 1987. She received a Bachelor’s degree in music from Beloit College ( Wisconsin ) and a Master’s of Music degree from Loyola University ( Louisiana ). She first studied improvisation in 1998 with North Indian Classical cellist Nancy Lesh. Gillet moved to New Orleans in 2002 and began performing with James Singleton (3now4rkestra), Johnny Vidacovich, Brian Coogan, Rob Wagner, Dave Capello, Jimmy Hobbs, Tim Green and groups such as the Improvisational Arts Council, the Naked Orchestra, Diesel Combustion Orchestra, the Arabic-jazz fusion group Mafouz and New Orleans New Music Ensemble. She performs regularly at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Chaz Fest, The French Quarter Festival, and the New Orleans Noize Fest. Among the many talented musicians outside of New Orleans she has had the pleasure of working with are Hamid Drake, Frank Gratkowski, Georg Graewe, Mark Sutherland, Scott Bourgeois, Wilbert de Joode, Rob Masurek, Fred Lonberg-Holmes and Chicago’s Tomorrow Music Orchestra.
Gillet is releasing her French Band Wazozo's debut album in May of 2009. She can be heard on a wide variety of recording projects, including the Ed Sanders 2007 “Poems for New Orleans” recorded by the award winning Mark Bingham at Piety Records. Other recent recording projects include James Singleton’s String Quartet “Gold Bug Crawl” (2008) and a ballad recording with the great New Orleans trumpeter Leroy Jones entitled “Sweeter than a Summer Breeze” (spring 2009). When she is not recording or performing, she enjoys teaching improvisation-based soundtrack, beat box, and ukulele classes as well as private cello students. Helen Gillet uses electromagnetic effects, looping and vocal percussion to explore sound as well as the wide range of natural sounds possibly drawn, knocked, rubbed, sensed, bounced, scraped, plucked, and sung out through the acoustic cello.
Recording projects featuring Helen Gillet:
Chappy, UNO (2006)
Moose Jackson, Piety Records (2006)
3 Manisha "Late Lunch" Word of Mouth Studio (2006) released
Leroy Jones "Soft Shoes (2007) released
Happy Talk Band, Piety Records (2007)
Ed Sanders, Paris Records recorded at Piety Records (2007)
www.parisrecords.net/t-PoemsForNewOrleans.aspx - 25k
Terc Martinez, Big Easy Recording (2008)
Mayumi, Word of Mouth (2008)
Zydepunks, UNO (2008)
James Singleton String Quartet "Gold Bug Crawl," Piety Records (2008)
Michael Hornsby, Piety Records (2008)
New Orleans Klezmer All Stars Cordescu poetry, rec by "Goat" (2008)
Tom McDermott Duet Album, (fall 2008).
Justin Peake, "When and Why" recorded at Helen's house in the hallway staring at Indonesian tapestries and Peake constellations in the hallway under christmas lights (2008) Listen to this on http://www.myspace.com/justinpeake
Leroy Jones "sweeter than a summer breeze" released valentine's day 2009
liner notes by Terence Blanchard http://spiritofneworleans.com/SummerBreeze2.htm
Impenus Trio - single track release on WTUL 2009 CD
Plein de petits coeurs ? Normal, on est des filles quand-même !?! Amitiés, sourires et bonne humeur de toutes les joueuses de bidon du Groupe Uppercut. Au plaisir ...
i loved it too - you playing cello with me - i want to do it much much more! just getting back to those tracks after a year of cob building maddness and still love what i hear. hope you are doing really well......m
I want to celebrate with you too! Will our paths magically cross as they did last year (remember the Sleeping Good Brothers)? AND I want to be a band mate - wow, that's a thought INDEED! Winks and kisses and glitter confetti clouds!
Hey we're doing a benefit auction for the New Orleans Airlift's trip to Berlin and Swoon's Swimming Cities of Serenissima Wednesday the 18th of February. Please tell your friends and encourage people to come out and buy some wonderful art by some wonderful people!
Plein de petits coeurs ?
